Things have started changing with my work, and for now I have alot more time for poker. I am starting part time work next week, which should be stable for a few months, after that it is anyones guess. So I started playing alot more cards this month. So far so good. I have been trying to play mostly spread games, which is really close to no limit since the spread is usually set between 5-500 or in another game I have been playing in 10-500. Unfortuantely for those games I have to travel. 40 - 80 mile round trip depending on where I go to play in which game. I am thinking I have 3-4 months before the possibility of being unemployed so going to do my best to play well, and build as big of a bankroll as possible. This is going to be a true test for me. I have run pretty good in the spread games that I have found the last three weeks. up over 3K for the month, but need to keep my wits about me, and go into each session with a concentration and a plan. So primarily I will be trying to hit up the spread games, but will still head down the street to play in the 4-8K game. Really not my favorite, but it is close, and I have been winning in that game, not alot, but still feel that I can make some money there + they do have good promo's. Their club royal flush Monte Carlo was at over 13K when i was there a few days ago. I played for the first time in awhile and took home a small 80 win, but while i was there, they where doing a Christmas promo. They picked my name out of everyone there to pick a numbered envelope off of the Christmas Tree. I asked for number 17 envelope. Once I got it they told me not to open, and offered me $35 for my envelope. I had no idea what the prizes where so i asked them. They said anything between something small like a coffee cup up to a grand prize of 300. Once I heard that I had my mind set on keeping my envelope. What fun is taken a few dollars compared to opening an envelope and seeing what you won. So they offered me 35 i said no, the crowd was saying no as well. They offered me 45, I heard a few people say take the money. I said no. They offered me 65, and a waitress walked by me and said take the money. I said no, I am taking my envelope. 17 is my birthday, and right smack in the middle of the roulette wheel, not the best logic, but good enough for me. Opened my envelope to win the GRAND PRIZE!!!!! Mint...I won!
Friday, December 14, 2012
Monday, August 20, 2012
77 and A5 Suited
Yesterday during my comeback, I had two great hands/situations that really helped me get back to even for the day. the first one was A-5 of Hearts. I was in the LB, and was able to call in an un-raised pot. I had first position and the flop pealed of 7-5-5, two spades. I was first action and dedided that I wanted to slow play this hand. I checked and it checked around. The Turn was a red K, again I checked, and it checked around. Here we go to the river and there is really no money the pot. The Ace of Spades comes out on the river. gives me 5's full of A's. I am first action and since there has been no betting at all, I did not want to just check and have a show-down with a huge hand for nothing nothing in the pot, so i decided to make it look like I was stealing and bet 10 bucks. The next action raised me to 40! I was drooling now in my head, how to make the most of this. The only hands he could be holding that would beat me are 77, KK, or AA. I did not put him on slow playing those pockets so, I studied the board a little, like I was trying to make a decision on who had the bigger flush, since I thought he did not have one of the three starting hands that could beat me, I put him on having to have a mid to big flush on the river. I was hoping that it was big so I re-raised, I cant quite remember exactly how much I raised. I think I made it about 50 more. He instantly when all-in. I insta called since I already figured he had the big flush and not the bigger house. I was right and I took down about a 500 pot.
The 77 was great also. This type of situation has happened to me 3x at the Venetian, that is why I like to play there, I think there are a greater number of newer players. My favorite site to see is a guy sit down at the table with 2 or 3 hundred with his girlfriend standing behind him watching. To me this shows that the player is tyring to show off to his girlfriend/wife. He may not realize the patience involved in really playing to win, or else why would his girlfriend want to stand right behind him. Who wants to stand for 5+ hours while someone is trying to grind there way to wins. Some cases they could be there just for a minute or two, but you can kinda tell by looking at their faces, that they are trying to impress, and not grind out a cash. This guy sat down with 200 and his woman behind him. 5 minutes later, I had all his money and they stormed away never to return! I was doing good, this was after my 500 pot, I had 77, I was in early position again, not the best, but it worked out for me. I put in a pre-flop raise to $7 for my 7's. Got a few callers. The flop was kinda nasty, but worked with my hand. It was a 4,5,8 all clubs, I had the 7 of clubs. I checked the flop becuase really with the 3 clubs I did not like it much. The guy lead out and bet 40. I had to think about this a little. If he had the flush already, hitting my straight would not help, and if the 4rth club came I could get myself in trouble with a mid flush where since he called my initial raise I put him on at least two paint, or Ax. So if one of those paint where a club I would be dead. But I did not think he had the flush, I thought if he bet it that big, he was drawing, or hit something like top pair with an ace and did not want me drawing. So I called the 40 to see what the turn brought. Bamm 7 of hearts. This time I did not want him drawing to a better flush on me so I put the pressure on and bet like 70, he then went all in. I had alot of chips, I was reasonable sure I had the best hand with 777, and even if I did not, I was drawing to a full house. And the re-raise over my 70 was not too much compared to my stack so I called. I dont remember the river, he never showed his hand, and him and is girlfriend stormed away.
The 77 was great also. This type of situation has happened to me 3x at the Venetian, that is why I like to play there, I think there are a greater number of newer players. My favorite site to see is a guy sit down at the table with 2 or 3 hundred with his girlfriend standing behind him watching. To me this shows that the player is tyring to show off to his girlfriend/wife. He may not realize the patience involved in really playing to win, or else why would his girlfriend want to stand right behind him. Who wants to stand for 5+ hours while someone is trying to grind there way to wins. Some cases they could be there just for a minute or two, but you can kinda tell by looking at their faces, that they are trying to impress, and not grind out a cash. This guy sat down with 200 and his woman behind him. 5 minutes later, I had all his money and they stormed away never to return! I was doing good, this was after my 500 pot, I had 77, I was in early position again, not the best, but it worked out for me. I put in a pre-flop raise to $7 for my 7's. Got a few callers. The flop was kinda nasty, but worked with my hand. It was a 4,5,8 all clubs, I had the 7 of clubs. I checked the flop becuase really with the 3 clubs I did not like it much. The guy lead out and bet 40. I had to think about this a little. If he had the flush already, hitting my straight would not help, and if the 4rth club came I could get myself in trouble with a mid flush where since he called my initial raise I put him on at least two paint, or Ax. So if one of those paint where a club I would be dead. But I did not think he had the flush, I thought if he bet it that big, he was drawing, or hit something like top pair with an ace and did not want me drawing. So I called the 40 to see what the turn brought. Bamm 7 of hearts. This time I did not want him drawing to a better flush on me so I put the pressure on and bet like 70, he then went all in. I had alot of chips, I was reasonable sure I had the best hand with 777, and even if I did not, I was drawing to a full house. And the re-raise over my 70 was not too much compared to my stack so I called. I dont remember the river, he never showed his hand, and him and is girlfriend stormed away.
Sunday, August 19, 2012
Day 2 of Las Vegas trip
Well so far, this trip is has started ok. Over 2 days I have spent/lost abouut 450, but that includes all expenses so not too bad. Yesterday was pretty fun. I got to Las Vegas about 11:30, was at the hotel by about 12:15, then my dad and I went to Aria to play in the 1 pm tournament. Another close one for me. There where 107 players. I felt I played a great tournament, they started paying out at 12th place, I got 17th place. So close again, and I am trying to think of where I messed up. I made one big mistake that I can think of. I am sure I played sevearl other hands bad, but whatever the cost was it was low. But here is where I think I really made a mistake. It was a late middle of the tournament mistake, but it cost my 1800 of my chips, and overall would have added 10K+ more chips to my stack.
I was running good so I decided to make a pre-flop raise to 1800 which was 3x the BB. I had pocket threes. The next few people folded, but then someone went all in for abot 4K. Then a few spots later the next guy went all in for about 5K. When it got to me I really wanted to call, and I felt I should have called considering my stack, I prob had about 30K at the time. But I ended up folding. I convinved myself that 33 could not be good against 2 all-ins, and even though it was only about 3K more to call both all-in's, I played very conservative. Well the two all-ins where A-10 and A-8. There was an A-8-X on the flop and then of course the 3 on the river. I should have called, and seeing as I was 5 spaces out of the money that could have been the mistake that cost me from cashing and/or possibly winning.
That was the fun part of the day, then I stayed at the Aria and played 2-5 NL. I am used to the 2-5 being about a 500 max buy in, so I decided to play 500 in that game. But when I got to the table it turned out to be a 1000 max buy-in, but I stayed anyway. Well I busted out. I deviated from my plan, took a shot at a big game without a big enough Bankroll, and lost. So since my Dad bought me in to the Tournament I was down 500 after day one.
Day 2 started off real bad as well. I woke up early and took off down the strip while my dad was still sleeping. I ended up at the Bellagio and decided to play there. I have never played in that room. It was still early so there was only a few tables going. I played in the 1-2 NL and got real unlucky. Dont really remember too many hands at this time I had I just remember that I kept geeting bad beats, or had to call for the outs and missed. Well there is another 300 down. At this point I am down 800, and I did not bring any other cash with me. So my Dad was up by then and met me at the Bellagio. We decided to go up to the Venetian becuase my cousins where staying at the Palazzo and they where supposed to get in that morning.
My Dad staked me 300 to get into the 1-3NL game and I got down to about 80, when he walked by, he had just doubled up and cashed out to play in a tournament, he saw my low chip count and slipped me three more black chips. Well I lost the first three he gave me and then I bought in for the next 300. Well things started slipping and I really was not feeling confident or feeling like things where going to turn around so I cashed out 280 of the 600 he staked me. My cousins and Uncle showed up so I hung out with them for a bit. I decided to walk around a little and ended up playing some table games with the 280 I had and then of course I lost. Again deviated from the plan. I was down to 100. I decided to give the 1-2NL game one more shot buying in short for 100. That was the best decision I made so far. My plan was to play in the 1-2 NL game where I feel I had an edge, and although I had lost some, I lost the most in the bigger game. Well I fought through the varience, and hit some real good hands in good situations and turned that last 100, I was actually down to about 75 at the lowest into 900. That broke me even for the day, payed my Dad back his 600 he staked me, and I still had the 300 cash from the morning that I lost at Bellagio.
I really wanted to stay at the table and continue but it was dinner time and my Uncle and cousins where there. So we went out to dinner and then walked around a bit and did some random group gambling. It was fun, not what I came here to do, but funner than I thought. It was good because since there where other arouund it was easy to sit down and play just 10 minutes and leave with a small win, and then move on. I played that game where there is a big wheel that spins and you bet a number and get odds. I bet 10 on the 3 and it hit my first spin for a 30 dollar win...cash out. Hit up Blackjack with my cousin, played for about 15 minutes and took down another small like 60 win. Played Pai Gow with my Dad and took down a small like 15 dollar win. I played two 10 dollar hands of War, and won them both.
I am still here for another 2 days, but dont know how much time I will really have to gamble. I did not take any vacation time, so I will be working form the hotel on Monday and Tuesday, and my flight is tuesday night. I still have family out here and would like to still meet up with a college roomate who lives here now, so we will see. But I am only down about 450 or so with everything I have spent and lost, so even if I dont play tomorrow or Tuesday, I will still have time to make that up. I am not heading home on Tuesday, but going back with my Dad to his house near San Jose to play more cards and hopfully play in the main event of the Bay 101 Open.
I was running good so I decided to make a pre-flop raise to 1800 which was 3x the BB. I had pocket threes. The next few people folded, but then someone went all in for abot 4K. Then a few spots later the next guy went all in for about 5K. When it got to me I really wanted to call, and I felt I should have called considering my stack, I prob had about 30K at the time. But I ended up folding. I convinved myself that 33 could not be good against 2 all-ins, and even though it was only about 3K more to call both all-in's, I played very conservative. Well the two all-ins where A-10 and A-8. There was an A-8-X on the flop and then of course the 3 on the river. I should have called, and seeing as I was 5 spaces out of the money that could have been the mistake that cost me from cashing and/or possibly winning.
That was the fun part of the day, then I stayed at the Aria and played 2-5 NL. I am used to the 2-5 being about a 500 max buy in, so I decided to play 500 in that game. But when I got to the table it turned out to be a 1000 max buy-in, but I stayed anyway. Well I busted out. I deviated from my plan, took a shot at a big game without a big enough Bankroll, and lost. So since my Dad bought me in to the Tournament I was down 500 after day one.
Day 2 started off real bad as well. I woke up early and took off down the strip while my dad was still sleeping. I ended up at the Bellagio and decided to play there. I have never played in that room. It was still early so there was only a few tables going. I played in the 1-2 NL and got real unlucky. Dont really remember too many hands at this time I had I just remember that I kept geeting bad beats, or had to call for the outs and missed. Well there is another 300 down. At this point I am down 800, and I did not bring any other cash with me. So my Dad was up by then and met me at the Bellagio. We decided to go up to the Venetian becuase my cousins where staying at the Palazzo and they where supposed to get in that morning.
My Dad staked me 300 to get into the 1-3NL game and I got down to about 80, when he walked by, he had just doubled up and cashed out to play in a tournament, he saw my low chip count and slipped me three more black chips. Well I lost the first three he gave me and then I bought in for the next 300. Well things started slipping and I really was not feeling confident or feeling like things where going to turn around so I cashed out 280 of the 600 he staked me. My cousins and Uncle showed up so I hung out with them for a bit. I decided to walk around a little and ended up playing some table games with the 280 I had and then of course I lost. Again deviated from the plan. I was down to 100. I decided to give the 1-2NL game one more shot buying in short for 100. That was the best decision I made so far. My plan was to play in the 1-2 NL game where I feel I had an edge, and although I had lost some, I lost the most in the bigger game. Well I fought through the varience, and hit some real good hands in good situations and turned that last 100, I was actually down to about 75 at the lowest into 900. That broke me even for the day, payed my Dad back his 600 he staked me, and I still had the 300 cash from the morning that I lost at Bellagio.
I really wanted to stay at the table and continue but it was dinner time and my Uncle and cousins where there. So we went out to dinner and then walked around a bit and did some random group gambling. It was fun, not what I came here to do, but funner than I thought. It was good because since there where other arouund it was easy to sit down and play just 10 minutes and leave with a small win, and then move on. I played that game where there is a big wheel that spins and you bet a number and get odds. I bet 10 on the 3 and it hit my first spin for a 30 dollar win...cash out. Hit up Blackjack with my cousin, played for about 15 minutes and took down another small like 60 win. Played Pai Gow with my Dad and took down a small like 15 dollar win. I played two 10 dollar hands of War, and won them both.
I am still here for another 2 days, but dont know how much time I will really have to gamble. I did not take any vacation time, so I will be working form the hotel on Monday and Tuesday, and my flight is tuesday night. I still have family out here and would like to still meet up with a college roomate who lives here now, so we will see. But I am only down about 450 or so with everything I have spent and lost, so even if I dont play tomorrow or Tuesday, I will still have time to make that up. I am not heading home on Tuesday, but going back with my Dad to his house near San Jose to play more cards and hopfully play in the main event of the Bay 101 Open.
Friday, August 10, 2012
Quad 5's!
I decided to play again last night in the tournament down the street. I have some family coming in for a visit and wont be playing at all, and then a week from tomorrow a very early flight to Las Vegas. It was a close one. Would have been a much better win, there where 39 players instead of the other day where there was only 22. This tournament was a lot of fun though, I made some bold moves and they paid off, but got unlucky in the end.
first double up, was with AA. I pre-flopped raise 3x BB, and got one caller. Flop came 10 high, he lead out and bet 250, I raised to 700, and he calls. That call scared me, the turn he bet 500, I just called the river he bet 500, i just called, and he flipped over his top pair he had on the flop and lost. A few hands later I took the same guy out, I limped into and unraised pot with KJ diamonds. The flop came 10, Q, 7, and was checked around. The turn was an A and he went all in for about his last 4 or 5 K so that was an easy call and took it down with Broadway.
When we got down to about 15 people, the blinds where getting up there, and someone went all in, i had him covered but barely. I looked down at 55. I figured this guy had a big A but it was a tough call becuase I did not feel that I stratigically needed to risk that many chips on a flip, and usually I wont risk that many, but the blinds really do get so outrageous that if you dont take some chances you end up blinding yourself out. So I figured in my head I was ahead and called. I was right AQ agaisnt my 5's. Lucky for me there was a 5 on the flop and a 5 on the turn
I was feeling pretty comfortable and then once again about 13 people left, I was in the BB for 3K, I had about 40 total. It folds to the SB and he thinks for a little while then pushes all in. He is in seat 10 and I am in seat 1 so hard to really see what his stack is like, but when you look down to KK against a LB that late in the tournament it is pretty much an insta-call. Most people install with KK in any situation. (I will usually unless it is played out and the board is really really nasty.) So I called with KK and he had me covered by only about 1.5K. If I win this pot I am the chip leader going down to 12 players. Not this time though, the SB was sitting on 22, and there was a wonderful 2 on the flop for him to crack me.
Would have been nice to go 2-0 the last two days, but I will take 1-1, knowing I played well on my loss, and only ran into some bad luck.
first double up, was with AA. I pre-flopped raise 3x BB, and got one caller. Flop came 10 high, he lead out and bet 250, I raised to 700, and he calls. That call scared me, the turn he bet 500, I just called the river he bet 500, i just called, and he flipped over his top pair he had on the flop and lost. A few hands later I took the same guy out, I limped into and unraised pot with KJ diamonds. The flop came 10, Q, 7, and was checked around. The turn was an A and he went all in for about his last 4 or 5 K so that was an easy call and took it down with Broadway.
When we got down to about 15 people, the blinds where getting up there, and someone went all in, i had him covered but barely. I looked down at 55. I figured this guy had a big A but it was a tough call becuase I did not feel that I stratigically needed to risk that many chips on a flip, and usually I wont risk that many, but the blinds really do get so outrageous that if you dont take some chances you end up blinding yourself out. So I figured in my head I was ahead and called. I was right AQ agaisnt my 5's. Lucky for me there was a 5 on the flop and a 5 on the turn
I was feeling pretty comfortable and then once again about 13 people left, I was in the BB for 3K, I had about 40 total. It folds to the SB and he thinks for a little while then pushes all in. He is in seat 10 and I am in seat 1 so hard to really see what his stack is like, but when you look down to KK against a LB that late in the tournament it is pretty much an insta-call. Most people install with KK in any situation. (I will usually unless it is played out and the board is really really nasty.) So I called with KK and he had me covered by only about 1.5K. If I win this pot I am the chip leader going down to 12 players. Not this time though, the SB was sitting on 22, and there was a wonderful 2 on the flop for him to crack me.
Would have been nice to go 2-0 the last two days, but I will take 1-1, knowing I played well on my loss, and only ran into some bad luck.
Thursday, August 9, 2012
Warm up for next Sat
So a week from Saterday I leave for Las Vegas. I will be there from the 18th to the 21st, then off to San Jose to play in the Bay 101 open 22nd through the 27th. I will miss the first two tournaments at the Open but, one of them is an Omaha tourney, and I have played Omaha tourneys before, it is not my best game. Depending on work schedule I may play in some of the week day tourneys when I get in that Wednesday, but if work is too busy, then will just play live. but I do plan on playing in the main event, hopefully I will win enough before then, or get in cheep through a satelite. The last day is a partners tournament that I am looking forward to playing with my Dad. Every 30 minutes you switch partners and you are allowed to have a live game going at the same time. So one player can play tourney and the other play live game and you switch every 30 minutes. They also have a cheap tournament near the end that I may play just for fun. It is called All-In or Fold! So I guess you only get two options on your action.....All-in or Fold.
So since I had not played in awhile I thought I would run down the street yesterday and play in one of the local tournements. I have played alot of these types of tournaments over the last 6 or 7 years so am very comfortable with the structure and at what point the tourney turns into just straight luck from the blinds getting so high. they typically range in price from 40 - 60 with a starting chip range of 5000-10000 usually with 15 or 20 minute blinds. the one down the street is a 60 buy-in, 7500 Tchips, 15 minute rounds. usually between 20-40 players. last night it was pretty small only 22 players.
The tourney paid out 3 places, it was good to get back into the swing of things and since I do not play tournaments there alot there are alot of faces I dont recognize. Again all good practice for Vegas and San Jose. One guy in particular was playing alot of hand blind and I did not realize this at first. he bet me off some big hands early and I lost a good amount of chips to him. Then I realized what he was doing, he even made an off hand comment about my folding and wanting to be in pots with me for some reason. That kind of took me a bit off my game, by that I mean, i wanted to bluff him big when he was betting into me, and then show him. Not good to "target" people like that, you should play your cards and situations instead of trying to target people....but it worked out for me and I noticed that he visibly was not so happy and got a lot more quiet.
I limped in with K-5 off. He pre-floped min raised like we was doing. The cool thing here is he annoucned that he "looked at his hand this time". I called. The flop i hit bottom pair, with 2 diamonds on the flop. I checked he let out a big bet of 1700. I called. The turn was another card that did not help my bottom pair, i checked and he made the same bet of 1700, at that point I went all in with my remaining 4100 in chips. He thought about it a little while, laughed a little and then mucked. I showed just the 5, and said, "What you cant beat a 5?" He said, "5 does not scare me at all i had that beat." I then flipped over my K which was nothing to my hand and said, "I guess I made a good bet then." I must say that felt good.
Pretty much straight forward tourney till the end. i was doing pretty good. When we got down to 6 players we agreed to give 4rth through 6th their money back. We took 90/60/30 out of 1st, 2nd, and 3rd to pay the 180 back. I had one more great moment. It was a loose call, but I was already guaranteed my money back. The chip leader was pushing alot pre-flop to try to grab the extreamly high blinds at this point. Under the gun he pushed again, and I looked down at AJ, with the A of diamonds. We where the two chip leaders at this point and there where two players that where pretty short stacked. I had about 45K in chips, was not exactly sure, but he had me covered. I thought about it for a little bit, and then decided that since he was being over agressive my A J may be good, and since i was guaranteed my money back I would take a shot. I called (I meant to push, but verbalized call so could not push) i was left with 8K chips with blinds at 2K/4K. Well the flop comes K, Q, 10 all diamonds!!! You could not ask for a better flop. I pushed my last 8K into the pot, and he called me with pocket 4's. I guess he figured that he was so far in, that seeing all those diamonds and three overcards he may still have a chance??
i was able to make it heads up, with, wouldn't you know it, the guy I showed my bluff to early on in the tournament. The blinds at this point where 8K 16K, so neither of us really had enough to make proper raises etc. he had me out chipped as well, and it just became who go lucky pushing all in. He got lucky i did not. But after my buy-in, returning 60 to pay out my share of 4rth through 6th place, and a tip for the dealers, i went home 300 richer.
So since I had not played in awhile I thought I would run down the street yesterday and play in one of the local tournements. I have played alot of these types of tournaments over the last 6 or 7 years so am very comfortable with the structure and at what point the tourney turns into just straight luck from the blinds getting so high. they typically range in price from 40 - 60 with a starting chip range of 5000-10000 usually with 15 or 20 minute blinds. the one down the street is a 60 buy-in, 7500 Tchips, 15 minute rounds. usually between 20-40 players. last night it was pretty small only 22 players.
The tourney paid out 3 places, it was good to get back into the swing of things and since I do not play tournaments there alot there are alot of faces I dont recognize. Again all good practice for Vegas and San Jose. One guy in particular was playing alot of hand blind and I did not realize this at first. he bet me off some big hands early and I lost a good amount of chips to him. Then I realized what he was doing, he even made an off hand comment about my folding and wanting to be in pots with me for some reason. That kind of took me a bit off my game, by that I mean, i wanted to bluff him big when he was betting into me, and then show him. Not good to "target" people like that, you should play your cards and situations instead of trying to target people....but it worked out for me and I noticed that he visibly was not so happy and got a lot more quiet.
I limped in with K-5 off. He pre-floped min raised like we was doing. The cool thing here is he annoucned that he "looked at his hand this time". I called. The flop i hit bottom pair, with 2 diamonds on the flop. I checked he let out a big bet of 1700. I called. The turn was another card that did not help my bottom pair, i checked and he made the same bet of 1700, at that point I went all in with my remaining 4100 in chips. He thought about it a little while, laughed a little and then mucked. I showed just the 5, and said, "What you cant beat a 5?" He said, "5 does not scare me at all i had that beat." I then flipped over my K which was nothing to my hand and said, "I guess I made a good bet then." I must say that felt good.
Pretty much straight forward tourney till the end. i was doing pretty good. When we got down to 6 players we agreed to give 4rth through 6th their money back. We took 90/60/30 out of 1st, 2nd, and 3rd to pay the 180 back. I had one more great moment. It was a loose call, but I was already guaranteed my money back. The chip leader was pushing alot pre-flop to try to grab the extreamly high blinds at this point. Under the gun he pushed again, and I looked down at AJ, with the A of diamonds. We where the two chip leaders at this point and there where two players that where pretty short stacked. I had about 45K in chips, was not exactly sure, but he had me covered. I thought about it for a little bit, and then decided that since he was being over agressive my A J may be good, and since i was guaranteed my money back I would take a shot. I called (I meant to push, but verbalized call so could not push) i was left with 8K chips with blinds at 2K/4K. Well the flop comes K, Q, 10 all diamonds!!! You could not ask for a better flop. I pushed my last 8K into the pot, and he called me with pocket 4's. I guess he figured that he was so far in, that seeing all those diamonds and three overcards he may still have a chance??
i was able to make it heads up, with, wouldn't you know it, the guy I showed my bluff to early on in the tournament. The blinds at this point where 8K 16K, so neither of us really had enough to make proper raises etc. he had me out chipped as well, and it just became who go lucky pushing all in. He got lucky i did not. But after my buy-in, returning 60 to pay out my share of 4rth through 6th place, and a tip for the dealers, i went home 300 richer.
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Shooting Stars
I cant believe it has been 10 months since I have posted on this blog. Life happened and my money I had set aside for this challenge I set myself has been used up. I have been playing some poker in the last 10 months, but not sure at this point what the focus will be for the blog. I really did enjoy starting with a bankroll and trying to play to win, I think at the time the blog helped me track how I was doing and remind me of what I was doing wrong. Re-reading these posts helped remind me of my personal pitfalls that I need to watch out for when playing. So I think as the return to blogging I am going to recount my experience this March when I went to the WPT Shooting Stars Tournement at Bay 101 in San Jose.
I was still working but I had made an arrangement with my work that if I got into the big game that I would take time off during the week for as long as I stayed in the tournement. I have the luxary right now of working completly remote half to 3 quarters of the time, so all I need is a phone and internet connection. I flew in the weekend before it started and I had one chance to get into the big game cheaply. They had a $1000 satellite that weekend for the 10,000 buy in. I played a sit-n-go early that morning before the satellite to try to get in cheap. The sit-n-go was 250 and the top 2 got a 1000 voucher for the satellite. It was a rough sit-n-go, but I managed to get to the top 2 and get my voucher. Even though my Dad was already in the big game, he also played in a different sit and go and also got to the top two so we where both in the satellite.
There where 171 players in the satellite so they where giving away 17 $10,000 dollar seats. And boy did I come close. I played really well. Had the pleasure of having Dwight Pilgrim at my table for the majority of the tournement. It was funny actually he got knocked down a little early and then got moved from our table. Then a couple hours later he got moved back to our table with a pretty big chip stack. i would have loved to see those hands that he won to get all those chips. I played well and got down to the point where I had to win a race. I choose to call an all in with 99. I was up against AK off. A in the window ended my chance to get in the big game. I cant remember exactly what place I went out it was either 34th, 35th, or 36th. So close.
It was still a really fun and profitable week. I still worked most of the week from my Dad's house in Los Altos, he was in the big game. I hope this link works there is a great shot of him on the Day 2 action. He was sitting next to Scott Siever when he got knocked out. he also got knocked out in Day 2. he is the gentleman sitting next to Scott in the long sleeve white T-shirt
http://www.worldpokertour.com/Live_Updates/Post.aspx?c=all&d=c1c89483-eb04-466c-8c53-a5a5f315ce22&q={B7CE5A05-C067-4540-9F58-0325D0A5A37C}
I squeezed three live game sessions in, two winners and one loser. The first winning session was awesome. I think it was Sunday, and my dad and I got there around 8pmish and got in the game around 9. My Dad left about midnight, and I played all through the night and was there when he got back to the casino before the 2000 buy in event that he also played in. My game had just broken and I knew he was getting there soon so i waited for him and then got to join him for the players WPT breakfast before I went home to get some sleep. This was my biggest winning session roughtly 12 hours and I won ~1600. I started the night with 200 in the 1-1-2 no limit game. Bay 101 does a three blind structure. The first blind is on the button. After a few hours I had accumulated my stack to about 500 and then I got a game change to the next level up which is the 2-3-5 no limit.
The next session was shorter, It was Monday night and I was still pretty beat up from playing all night Sunday. I started again in the 1-1-2 game and ended up losing my 200, but the entertainment and experience was worth the 200. After a few hours of play a visibly "tipsy" Gavin Smith came to the table with fill in WPT host Marianella Pereyra and Noah Schwartz. Man did they let Gavin get away with whatever he wanted it was pretty funny. I actually busted Gavin on an insane hand. he was playing loose in the beginning then he tightened up then got real loose again. Anyway, I was in first or second position, and as the had was being dealt Gavin stated he was going all in this hand no matter what. I looked down and saw 88. I figured he wold actually do what he said with any two cards, so I decided just to call to not scare him away from his pre-deal declared all in. And I was right when the action got to him he went all in. Neither of us had too much, I had under 100 and I barely covered him, he may have around 75-80. So I was the only caller, and Gavin announces he already had a flush before the flop was dealt, he showed J something of clubs I think then asked if I had a pair. I said yes. Well wouldn't you know three clubs come on the flop. Boy did his crowd start cheering, can you believe it he called flopping the flush. Well unfortunatly for him there was an 8 on the flop and then it came runner runner 55 to give me the suck out full house!
The last session was not too long either 5-7 hours or so. Since I was still up about 1400 and since I lost in the 1-2-2 game I decided to go straigt into the 2-3-5 no limit buying in for the max of 500. I ended up making another 500 at the end of that session. So grand total over three sessions I won 1900.
I was still working but I had made an arrangement with my work that if I got into the big game that I would take time off during the week for as long as I stayed in the tournement. I have the luxary right now of working completly remote half to 3 quarters of the time, so all I need is a phone and internet connection. I flew in the weekend before it started and I had one chance to get into the big game cheaply. They had a $1000 satellite that weekend for the 10,000 buy in. I played a sit-n-go early that morning before the satellite to try to get in cheap. The sit-n-go was 250 and the top 2 got a 1000 voucher for the satellite. It was a rough sit-n-go, but I managed to get to the top 2 and get my voucher. Even though my Dad was already in the big game, he also played in a different sit and go and also got to the top two so we where both in the satellite.
There where 171 players in the satellite so they where giving away 17 $10,000 dollar seats. And boy did I come close. I played really well. Had the pleasure of having Dwight Pilgrim at my table for the majority of the tournement. It was funny actually he got knocked down a little early and then got moved from our table. Then a couple hours later he got moved back to our table with a pretty big chip stack. i would have loved to see those hands that he won to get all those chips. I played well and got down to the point where I had to win a race. I choose to call an all in with 99. I was up against AK off. A in the window ended my chance to get in the big game. I cant remember exactly what place I went out it was either 34th, 35th, or 36th. So close.
It was still a really fun and profitable week. I still worked most of the week from my Dad's house in Los Altos, he was in the big game. I hope this link works there is a great shot of him on the Day 2 action. He was sitting next to Scott Siever when he got knocked out. he also got knocked out in Day 2. he is the gentleman sitting next to Scott in the long sleeve white T-shirt
http://www.worldpokertour.com/Live_Updates/Post.aspx?c=all&d=c1c89483-eb04-466c-8c53-a5a5f315ce22&q={B7CE5A05-C067-4540-9F58-0325D0A5A37C}
I squeezed three live game sessions in, two winners and one loser. The first winning session was awesome. I think it was Sunday, and my dad and I got there around 8pmish and got in the game around 9. My Dad left about midnight, and I played all through the night and was there when he got back to the casino before the 2000 buy in event that he also played in. My game had just broken and I knew he was getting there soon so i waited for him and then got to join him for the players WPT breakfast before I went home to get some sleep. This was my biggest winning session roughtly 12 hours and I won ~1600. I started the night with 200 in the 1-1-2 no limit game. Bay 101 does a three blind structure. The first blind is on the button. After a few hours I had accumulated my stack to about 500 and then I got a game change to the next level up which is the 2-3-5 no limit.
The next session was shorter, It was Monday night and I was still pretty beat up from playing all night Sunday. I started again in the 1-1-2 game and ended up losing my 200, but the entertainment and experience was worth the 200. After a few hours of play a visibly "tipsy" Gavin Smith came to the table with fill in WPT host Marianella Pereyra and Noah Schwartz. Man did they let Gavin get away with whatever he wanted it was pretty funny. I actually busted Gavin on an insane hand. he was playing loose in the beginning then he tightened up then got real loose again. Anyway, I was in first or second position, and as the had was being dealt Gavin stated he was going all in this hand no matter what. I looked down and saw 88. I figured he wold actually do what he said with any two cards, so I decided just to call to not scare him away from his pre-deal declared all in. And I was right when the action got to him he went all in. Neither of us had too much, I had under 100 and I barely covered him, he may have around 75-80. So I was the only caller, and Gavin announces he already had a flush before the flop was dealt, he showed J something of clubs I think then asked if I had a pair. I said yes. Well wouldn't you know three clubs come on the flop. Boy did his crowd start cheering, can you believe it he called flopping the flush. Well unfortunatly for him there was an 8 on the flop and then it came runner runner 55 to give me the suck out full house!
The last session was not too long either 5-7 hours or so. Since I was still up about 1400 and since I lost in the 1-2-2 game I decided to go straigt into the 2-3-5 no limit buying in for the max of 500. I ended up making another 500 at the end of that session. So grand total over three sessions I won 1900.
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Session 25,26,27
Downward Sprial,
Well the last three sessions have been pretty bad. Session 25 -200, Session 26 -200 and Session 27 - 50. The only good point is I am hoping that only losing 50 the last time is a sign that my bad luck will be turning around. Kinda disappointing to follow up a large 700 winning streak by giving 590 back over the next 4 sessions. This is my longest losing streak in the 4-8 game. Session 25 and 26 I bought in for 100 and then did one rebuy and left after I lost it. The last time I did a thrid re-buy for 100 got down to 40 and then ended up cashing out 250. I think that is a good display of varience. According to my record when I have bought in for 100 and had to do one re-buy there have been sevearl times I have lost that or most of that and quit, but there has been a few times I bought that third 100 and came back even, winning, or close. I would have done better the last time but had been there all day and once I got back to 300 and was getting ready to go I got dealt KK, and I lost 50 with it so left. I had to play KK, but if I would have left one hand early or started getting ready to go one hand earlier I would have left exactly even. If I would have got dealt almost anything but a big poket pair or A paint, I would have folded and left even. But I got unlucky after winning all my money back with a losing KK. I wanted to stay longer but it was Sat and I had to get home to get ready to go to the airport. The only bright side is that I still have 645 of winnings and I know that I can rebound. I am back to traveling so wont be playing much over the next few weeks. i was too tired to go to Hollywood Casino in WVA on Sunday, and there is supposed to be possible hurricane like weather when I fly in next Sunday so doubt I will be making any long car trips.
Total Time 17 hrs.
Total In 700
Total Out 250
BR 645
Well the last three sessions have been pretty bad. Session 25 -200, Session 26 -200 and Session 27 - 50. The only good point is I am hoping that only losing 50 the last time is a sign that my bad luck will be turning around. Kinda disappointing to follow up a large 700 winning streak by giving 590 back over the next 4 sessions. This is my longest losing streak in the 4-8 game. Session 25 and 26 I bought in for 100 and then did one rebuy and left after I lost it. The last time I did a thrid re-buy for 100 got down to 40 and then ended up cashing out 250. I think that is a good display of varience. According to my record when I have bought in for 100 and had to do one re-buy there have been sevearl times I have lost that or most of that and quit, but there has been a few times I bought that third 100 and came back even, winning, or close. I would have done better the last time but had been there all day and once I got back to 300 and was getting ready to go I got dealt KK, and I lost 50 with it so left. I had to play KK, but if I would have left one hand early or started getting ready to go one hand earlier I would have left exactly even. If I would have got dealt almost anything but a big poket pair or A paint, I would have folded and left even. But I got unlucky after winning all my money back with a losing KK. I wanted to stay longer but it was Sat and I had to get home to get ready to go to the airport. The only bright side is that I still have 645 of winnings and I know that I can rebound. I am back to traveling so wont be playing much over the next few weeks. i was too tired to go to Hollywood Casino in WVA on Sunday, and there is supposed to be possible hurricane like weather when I fly in next Sunday so doubt I will be making any long car trips.
Total Time 17 hrs.
Total In 700
Total Out 250
BR 645
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Session 24
Session 24
The streak ended last night. played for 3 hours and could not get a hand. I had one good hand on my first buy in against an aggressive player. I was down to $41 in a kill pot. The aggresive kid raised pre flop to 16, I looked down and had KK so I three bet it and then he capped it to 32. The flop was three diamonds, and I had a K of diamonds. I led out and bet 8 he did not notice I only had one chip left and raised me so I put the one more in. He turned over a gut-shot straight draw! He four bet preflop with a 2-5!! I hit the diamond on the turn for the nut flush and doubled up. But then I got a whole lot of nothing. I re-bought but only for 40 more was not feeling it last night.
Time 3 hrs.
In 140
Out 0
BR 1095
The streak ended last night. played for 3 hours and could not get a hand. I had one good hand on my first buy in against an aggressive player. I was down to $41 in a kill pot. The aggresive kid raised pre flop to 16, I looked down and had KK so I three bet it and then he capped it to 32. The flop was three diamonds, and I had a K of diamonds. I led out and bet 8 he did not notice I only had one chip left and raised me so I put the one more in. He turned over a gut-shot straight draw! He four bet preflop with a 2-5!! I hit the diamond on the turn for the nut flush and doubled up. But then I got a whole lot of nothing. I re-bought but only for 40 more was not feeling it last night.
Time 3 hrs.
In 140
Out 0
BR 1095
Sunday, August 7, 2011
Session 23
Session 23
This was a great session. exceeded my last record of consecutive cashes. From May 30th to June 5th I had 5 consecutive cashes. I hit 6 consecutive cashes from July 30th to today. Also was my third highest cash out, second highest in a 4-8 game. My highest was in vegas in a NL game. Session 2 I cashed out 290 in 4-8K, today I cashed out 255. Not bad for 5 hours in a 4-8 game. I believe this also takes me to the highest my bankroll ahead has been if I subtract the starting bankroll before I took it away and was just using winnings. Started off frustrating, I had lost 200 in the first 30-40 minutes. Good thing I decided to try one more buy in and see if my bad luck would change. In that first 30 minutes or so I flopped 2 sets, one on a kill pot and lost the hands to a straight and a four card flush! Was a little on tilt and had to fold on some flops after calling pre-flop raised etc...Making alot of bad calls. I refocused myself with the third buy in.
There were a few aggressive players, a few tight players, and the rest of the table was old guys 75+ years old. One was playing every hand to the river and catching some winners at the end. The first turning point was I had called an inital raise from an agressor with A5 Suited, but then it got 3 bet and then capped by the initial raiser by the time it came back to me. I was losing anyway so decided that I was too far in not to call the other two bets. The flop came 3 diamonds. I hit the nut flush. It was bet I called and then it was raised. The better and I both called the raise. I did not want to re-raise with both in, since there was not really much chance I would be beat. The turn brought another diamond. that kind of killed my action the first position checked. I checked also and the last guy who raised the street before bet. The other called, and I thought about raising but did not just called. The river brought nothing and I decided to bet, and got one caller. Not long after that I had AA that held up, I even hit an A on the river but did not need it to win the hand. The only other real big hand I hit before the 4 hand streak I hit right before I left was with A2. I flopped bottom pair but there where alot of players in the hand. I was suited and there was one of my suites on the flop. First position was the old guy playing every draw and he lead out and bet. I decided to call becuase I was getting the right price, only 4 dollars into almost a 40 dollar pot at the time. The turn brought another spade. Well now I can't go anywhere because I also now have the nut flush draw. The same player bet 8 and there was one caller and I called. The river brought another 2, there may have been a wierd straight on possible on the board, but I felt my three 2's was good, so I raised the initial better, and then he re-raised me! Now I had to think. There was no flush possible, he could have been playing mediocre cards and hit a straight he had been doing it all day, so I just called becuase I had to see instead of re-raising him. He had 2 pair. I had a few other ok pots that I dont really remember to much but as I was getting ready to go I hit 4 or 5 hands in a row, had JJ on my own kill pot and flopped a set with 2 players calling me all the way down. So with that little rush I ended up cashing out 255 ahead.
Time 5 hrs.
In 300
Out 555
BR 1235
This was a great session. exceeded my last record of consecutive cashes. From May 30th to June 5th I had 5 consecutive cashes. I hit 6 consecutive cashes from July 30th to today. Also was my third highest cash out, second highest in a 4-8 game. My highest was in vegas in a NL game. Session 2 I cashed out 290 in 4-8K, today I cashed out 255. Not bad for 5 hours in a 4-8 game. I believe this also takes me to the highest my bankroll ahead has been if I subtract the starting bankroll before I took it away and was just using winnings. Started off frustrating, I had lost 200 in the first 30-40 minutes. Good thing I decided to try one more buy in and see if my bad luck would change. In that first 30 minutes or so I flopped 2 sets, one on a kill pot and lost the hands to a straight and a four card flush! Was a little on tilt and had to fold on some flops after calling pre-flop raised etc...Making alot of bad calls. I refocused myself with the third buy in.
There were a few aggressive players, a few tight players, and the rest of the table was old guys 75+ years old. One was playing every hand to the river and catching some winners at the end. The first turning point was I had called an inital raise from an agressor with A5 Suited, but then it got 3 bet and then capped by the initial raiser by the time it came back to me. I was losing anyway so decided that I was too far in not to call the other two bets. The flop came 3 diamonds. I hit the nut flush. It was bet I called and then it was raised. The better and I both called the raise. I did not want to re-raise with both in, since there was not really much chance I would be beat. The turn brought another diamond. that kind of killed my action the first position checked. I checked also and the last guy who raised the street before bet. The other called, and I thought about raising but did not just called. The river brought nothing and I decided to bet, and got one caller. Not long after that I had AA that held up, I even hit an A on the river but did not need it to win the hand. The only other real big hand I hit before the 4 hand streak I hit right before I left was with A2. I flopped bottom pair but there where alot of players in the hand. I was suited and there was one of my suites on the flop. First position was the old guy playing every draw and he lead out and bet. I decided to call becuase I was getting the right price, only 4 dollars into almost a 40 dollar pot at the time. The turn brought another spade. Well now I can't go anywhere because I also now have the nut flush draw. The same player bet 8 and there was one caller and I called. The river brought another 2, there may have been a wierd straight on possible on the board, but I felt my three 2's was good, so I raised the initial better, and then he re-raised me! Now I had to think. There was no flush possible, he could have been playing mediocre cards and hit a straight he had been doing it all day, so I just called becuase I had to see instead of re-raising him. He had 2 pair. I had a few other ok pots that I dont really remember to much but as I was getting ready to go I hit 4 or 5 hands in a row, had JJ on my own kill pot and flopped a set with 2 players calling me all the way down. So with that little rush I ended up cashing out 255 ahead.
Time 5 hrs.
In 300
Out 555
BR 1235
Session 22
Session 22.
Friday I headed down to play 4-8K after work. I got down there at about 1:30 but had to wait an hour and a half until I got in the game. I got in when they started a thrid table, I was first on the change list. We started 6 handed and after a few minutes got moved to the second game. That game was also 6 or 7 handed at times. There was a huge hand, there where two players who where being very aggressive and gambling alot. Basically there where four players in a kill pot. One had AA one had KK one had 86 and one had K6. The flop was 8-6-8 turn was X and the river was a K. The younger guy who had KK for the win bougt in 200 and ended up all in, in that hand, he had been getting beat alot, but it looked like it took him ahead, so it was over a 200 main pot with the side pot it was over 300. Then I got moved to the main game not long afte that. It was interesting I only had about 40 when I got moved to the main game. and played tight but lost it. There where some real aggressive gamblers at the table. Alot of hands where getting three bet by the same players with nothing special, so it was costing some money on the hands that you wanted to play. I did benefit from this on one huge hand. I was in my second buy in, and ended getting down to only a few dollars at the end of the betting. I was in the SB with KK in a kill pot. The guy who usually raised just called and they guy who usually three bet raised to 16 so when it got to me I three bet it to 24. There where three other callers so already there is 96 in the pot. I think there was 2 J's on the flop but I was going all the way with this hand no matter what and if one of them had a J, oh well. I bet 8 on the flop and all 3 called. But these three where calling everything so was not too worried. Dont remember what the turn was but I bet 16 and one dropped out and got 2 callers. The river I bet and just one called to see my KK and it was good. So that was real nice. One minute I was down at the bottom then after one big hand with crazy players and I was back to even. I was a little up and down again from there, it was just costing so much to see any hands that you had to be willing to take a bit of a swing. But during the last 45 minutes or so all the crazy players had busted out and the game instantly changed to a more conservative game. i took advantage of that and got a little aggressive. Not nearly as bad as the players who busted, but as I was getting ready to go I won 4 or 5 medium hands in a row to get me back to even and then win some. After 4 hours I was up 80.
Time - 4 hrs
In 200
out 280
BR 980
Friday I headed down to play 4-8K after work. I got down there at about 1:30 but had to wait an hour and a half until I got in the game. I got in when they started a thrid table, I was first on the change list. We started 6 handed and after a few minutes got moved to the second game. That game was also 6 or 7 handed at times. There was a huge hand, there where two players who where being very aggressive and gambling alot. Basically there where four players in a kill pot. One had AA one had KK one had 86 and one had K6. The flop was 8-6-8 turn was X and the river was a K. The younger guy who had KK for the win bougt in 200 and ended up all in, in that hand, he had been getting beat alot, but it looked like it took him ahead, so it was over a 200 main pot with the side pot it was over 300. Then I got moved to the main game not long afte that. It was interesting I only had about 40 when I got moved to the main game. and played tight but lost it. There where some real aggressive gamblers at the table. Alot of hands where getting three bet by the same players with nothing special, so it was costing some money on the hands that you wanted to play. I did benefit from this on one huge hand. I was in my second buy in, and ended getting down to only a few dollars at the end of the betting. I was in the SB with KK in a kill pot. The guy who usually raised just called and they guy who usually three bet raised to 16 so when it got to me I three bet it to 24. There where three other callers so already there is 96 in the pot. I think there was 2 J's on the flop but I was going all the way with this hand no matter what and if one of them had a J, oh well. I bet 8 on the flop and all 3 called. But these three where calling everything so was not too worried. Dont remember what the turn was but I bet 16 and one dropped out and got 2 callers. The river I bet and just one called to see my KK and it was good. So that was real nice. One minute I was down at the bottom then after one big hand with crazy players and I was back to even. I was a little up and down again from there, it was just costing so much to see any hands that you had to be willing to take a bit of a swing. But during the last 45 minutes or so all the crazy players had busted out and the game instantly changed to a more conservative game. i took advantage of that and got a little aggressive. Not nearly as bad as the players who busted, but as I was getting ready to go I won 4 or 5 medium hands in a row to get me back to even and then win some. After 4 hours I was up 80.
Time - 4 hrs
In 200
out 280
BR 980
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Session 21
Session 21
I had a few hours to myself after work today and headed down to play 4-8K. I got off work around 1:30, got down there at about 2 and had to wait about an hour to get into the main game. I left at 5:30. I am very happy with the way I played today. I was very patient, the last 3 sessions where wins ranging from 10 to 170, but, I was really playing a volitle game. Part was due to playing for too long trying to get high hands, to the table make-up forcing me to take alot more chances and put alot more money into pots so that I had to try to suck out and win some big ones to be able to keep up. But today the table for the most part was pretty solid. Good players. I was able to sit back and could usually tell where I was at in the hand. I was pretty patient and was getting some good flops with good cards. And since they where mostly good players I was able to take advantage of position on some hands and crappy flops to bet and get them to fold for several small wins. I did get unlucky a few times, but since I started off winning I was able to build up with solid hands, then I would get unlucky and get taken back down to just over my buy in. But I got enough solid hands that I was able to leave after 2.5 hours 125 up. I made a $173 mistake. I got a monte carlo hand but did not think about the size of the pot. There was only 16 in the pot pre flop and there needs to be 20 to qualify for a Monte Carlo Board. I forgot that part. I had 10 10 and the flop was 10 9 9. I checked and the other two checked. The turn was a 10 and I did not feel that anyone would call a bet so I checked, they both checked. Dont remember the river but same, I was sure they would both fold if I bet, so I just checked and they both checked. i was hoping that someone would bet but they didnt. My quads won, but since there was not 20 in the pot I did not qualify for the bonus. Everyone told me next time that it is alrigh for table talk and just say I need a call and bet and someone would call so you can get the bonus. Next time will make sure I remember that. I had AA cracked for a big loss. The flop was A K 7. I raised pre-flop also and had a few callers, I bet the flop and had 3 callers. The turn was a J and I bet the turn and got 2 callers. Dont remember what the river was but I lead out in first position and bet and got raised. and the other player called. I figured he had a Q 10 but throught there was a chance he could have had a smaller set and the other was 2 pair. there was so much in the pot already that I had to call another 8 to be sure. Sure enough one had K J the other had Q 10 for the straight. I had a few good sneakers in the BB. Flopped 2 small pair and led out and bet all the way and got one to 2 callers all the way for some nice pots. Also as I was getting ready to go, I had KK in first position in a kill pot. So I raised to 16 preflop. Had a short stack call and one other caller. The flop was J7J, the short stack only had 3 left so I checked and he bet 3 the other player folded and I called the 3. he had a flush draw and did not hit it. Overall though I did fold quite a bit with junky hands that I may have been calling with more the last few days, and my good cards where hitting more than missing so it was a good session. I am on a bit of a hot streak right now, but dont think I will be able to play again till Sat or Sun. Hopfully wont cool off by then.
Time 2.5 Hrs.
In 100
Out 225
Br 900
I had a few hours to myself after work today and headed down to play 4-8K. I got off work around 1:30, got down there at about 2 and had to wait about an hour to get into the main game. I left at 5:30. I am very happy with the way I played today. I was very patient, the last 3 sessions where wins ranging from 10 to 170, but, I was really playing a volitle game. Part was due to playing for too long trying to get high hands, to the table make-up forcing me to take alot more chances and put alot more money into pots so that I had to try to suck out and win some big ones to be able to keep up. But today the table for the most part was pretty solid. Good players. I was able to sit back and could usually tell where I was at in the hand. I was pretty patient and was getting some good flops with good cards. And since they where mostly good players I was able to take advantage of position on some hands and crappy flops to bet and get them to fold for several small wins. I did get unlucky a few times, but since I started off winning I was able to build up with solid hands, then I would get unlucky and get taken back down to just over my buy in. But I got enough solid hands that I was able to leave after 2.5 hours 125 up. I made a $173 mistake. I got a monte carlo hand but did not think about the size of the pot. There was only 16 in the pot pre flop and there needs to be 20 to qualify for a Monte Carlo Board. I forgot that part. I had 10 10 and the flop was 10 9 9. I checked and the other two checked. The turn was a 10 and I did not feel that anyone would call a bet so I checked, they both checked. Dont remember the river but same, I was sure they would both fold if I bet, so I just checked and they both checked. i was hoping that someone would bet but they didnt. My quads won, but since there was not 20 in the pot I did not qualify for the bonus. Everyone told me next time that it is alrigh for table talk and just say I need a call and bet and someone would call so you can get the bonus. Next time will make sure I remember that. I had AA cracked for a big loss. The flop was A K 7. I raised pre-flop also and had a few callers, I bet the flop and had 3 callers. The turn was a J and I bet the turn and got 2 callers. Dont remember what the river was but I lead out in first position and bet and got raised. and the other player called. I figured he had a Q 10 but throught there was a chance he could have had a smaller set and the other was 2 pair. there was so much in the pot already that I had to call another 8 to be sure. Sure enough one had K J the other had Q 10 for the straight. I had a few good sneakers in the BB. Flopped 2 small pair and led out and bet all the way and got one to 2 callers all the way for some nice pots. Also as I was getting ready to go, I had KK in first position in a kill pot. So I raised to 16 preflop. Had a short stack call and one other caller. The flop was J7J, the short stack only had 3 left so I checked and he bet 3 the other player folded and I called the 3. he had a flush draw and did not hit it. Overall though I did fold quite a bit with junky hands that I may have been calling with more the last few days, and my good cards where hitting more than missing so it was a good session. I am on a bit of a hot streak right now, but dont think I will be able to play again till Sat or Sun. Hopfully wont cool off by then.
Time 2.5 Hrs.
In 100
Out 225
Br 900
Session 20
Session 20
Taking advantage of working from home a bit more and headed out and played 4-8K for a few hours last night. Took home another small win, considering how the game was playing, it was pretty wild I am happy to do as well as I did. There where a few really aggressive players at the table, raising every hand and betting every street. So had to just pick some hands and hold on tight. Started out on the second table and we got down to four handed for a little while, was not the ideal situation, only one big blind, but it comes around so quick you pretty much have to play alot more hands than you normally would and raise alot more than you normally would. When I got moved to the main table I was a little down. The did not take long before the three remaining on the second table got moved to the main game. My big hands where not holding up too well and when I was trying to draw out did not hit any good hands, lost the first buy in and decided to give it another try. Not long after that I had a AJ and I raised pre-flop, it was then re-raised and I called there where four in the pot. The flop was 77J, it was checked to me and I bet, 2 callers and then the initial raiser, raised. So much in there I called as well as the other 2. Normally I would have folded there, but people where betting everything and I had seen so many people betting with nothing and then beating players calling them down with second or third pair, only to have the better catch top pair on the river to win a big pot. Any pair was worth going all the way with these players. Dont remember what the turn was, but the inital raiser bet, I called as well as the other two. The river was another J!! Gave me the full house. The initial raiser smartly checked, I bet, the other two folded and he called. He actually had a hand this time QQ, but I drew out on him. A few hands later I limped in with A-9 and the flop was 99A, I basically called all the way down, on the river it was just me and another and he bet his last 8 so I could not raise him, he did not show what he had. These games can be fun, but not the best practice for playing smart, when everyone is trying to draw out and raise and bet all the way down with nothing, you just have to hold on and hope you git a few big hands and get away when you are ahead.
Time: 3 Hrs
In 200
Out 260
BR 775
Taking advantage of working from home a bit more and headed out and played 4-8K for a few hours last night. Took home another small win, considering how the game was playing, it was pretty wild I am happy to do as well as I did. There where a few really aggressive players at the table, raising every hand and betting every street. So had to just pick some hands and hold on tight. Started out on the second table and we got down to four handed for a little while, was not the ideal situation, only one big blind, but it comes around so quick you pretty much have to play alot more hands than you normally would and raise alot more than you normally would. When I got moved to the main table I was a little down. The did not take long before the three remaining on the second table got moved to the main game. My big hands where not holding up too well and when I was trying to draw out did not hit any good hands, lost the first buy in and decided to give it another try. Not long after that I had a AJ and I raised pre-flop, it was then re-raised and I called there where four in the pot. The flop was 77J, it was checked to me and I bet, 2 callers and then the initial raiser, raised. So much in there I called as well as the other 2. Normally I would have folded there, but people where betting everything and I had seen so many people betting with nothing and then beating players calling them down with second or third pair, only to have the better catch top pair on the river to win a big pot. Any pair was worth going all the way with these players. Dont remember what the turn was, but the inital raiser bet, I called as well as the other two. The river was another J!! Gave me the full house. The initial raiser smartly checked, I bet, the other two folded and he called. He actually had a hand this time QQ, but I drew out on him. A few hands later I limped in with A-9 and the flop was 99A, I basically called all the way down, on the river it was just me and another and he bet his last 8 so I could not raise him, he did not show what he had. These games can be fun, but not the best practice for playing smart, when everyone is trying to draw out and raise and bet all the way down with nothing, you just have to hold on and hope you git a few big hands and get away when you are ahead.
Time: 3 Hrs
In 200
Out 260
BR 775
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Session 17,18.19
Session 17
It has been several weeks since I have posted anything. Session 17 continuted me on my slump. Not much I could do here at all, I lost 140, could not win a hand, was very patient, but no good cards where holding up.
Session 18
This weekend the casino was giving away 30K for their 10 year anniversary. They where giving away $500 high hands every hour until the money was gone. It started on Saturday and I knew there would be alot of people there so I made sure I was at the main table. I got up early on Sat mostly becuase I have been getting up early for work, and after a few hours of being awake at home I decided to just go down there and see if anyone else where there yet. I had no idea what to expect. I got there at about 7:30am and they dont open until 10am. So I was the first one there. I ate some breakfast in my car and then decided to go to Home Depot and walk around a bit it was 8am and no-one was there. I got back at about 8:30 still no-one. The first person arrived at about 8:45, I was sitting outside reading. By 9:00 there was about 6 or 7 people there. It started going real quick then. 9:15 there was about 30. At 9:30 they came out and handed out seat cards to the people waiting in line. I was one of the first 10 there so I got a random seat at the main table. They could seat 45, after they passed out all the cards there was still about 30 people in line! I played for 13.5 hours my focus was getting a high hand, and that really hurt my outcome. I was up and down alot during that time, and ended up leaving up $10. Not too happy about that, but had a fun day playing there during all that craziness. It took about 5 hours before the first person on the waiting list got a seat. When I left after about 13 hours there was still about 20 names on the list. I really should have left a few hours earlier but really wanted to get a high hand, to the point where I was losing alot of money trying to chase a high hand. But since I did not lose any money cant be too disappionted, would have been much worse if I would have lost it all.
Session 19
I headed out Monday after work and they where still giving away the high hands, I think I figured they had 60 hours worth of high hands to give away. I got there around 2 pm and then left at 5:30. I did not sit down though until 3pm. Was a good session hit some good hands, nothing to spectacular. I had an open ended straight flush draw, almost got me a high hand and I had three K's, just one more would have got me a high hand, but I was not focused on them so much, I was focused on taking away a win. I ended up 170. I am hoping this is marks the end of my slump and can start making some upward momentum on my next few sessions.
Total for 17-19
Total Time - 15.5 hrs
Total In - 340
Total Out - 380
BR - $715
It has been several weeks since I have posted anything. Session 17 continuted me on my slump. Not much I could do here at all, I lost 140, could not win a hand, was very patient, but no good cards where holding up.
Session 18
This weekend the casino was giving away 30K for their 10 year anniversary. They where giving away $500 high hands every hour until the money was gone. It started on Saturday and I knew there would be alot of people there so I made sure I was at the main table. I got up early on Sat mostly becuase I have been getting up early for work, and after a few hours of being awake at home I decided to just go down there and see if anyone else where there yet. I had no idea what to expect. I got there at about 7:30am and they dont open until 10am. So I was the first one there. I ate some breakfast in my car and then decided to go to Home Depot and walk around a bit it was 8am and no-one was there. I got back at about 8:30 still no-one. The first person arrived at about 8:45, I was sitting outside reading. By 9:00 there was about 6 or 7 people there. It started going real quick then. 9:15 there was about 30. At 9:30 they came out and handed out seat cards to the people waiting in line. I was one of the first 10 there so I got a random seat at the main table. They could seat 45, after they passed out all the cards there was still about 30 people in line! I played for 13.5 hours my focus was getting a high hand, and that really hurt my outcome. I was up and down alot during that time, and ended up leaving up $10. Not too happy about that, but had a fun day playing there during all that craziness. It took about 5 hours before the first person on the waiting list got a seat. When I left after about 13 hours there was still about 20 names on the list. I really should have left a few hours earlier but really wanted to get a high hand, to the point where I was losing alot of money trying to chase a high hand. But since I did not lose any money cant be too disappionted, would have been much worse if I would have lost it all.
Session 19
I headed out Monday after work and they where still giving away the high hands, I think I figured they had 60 hours worth of high hands to give away. I got there around 2 pm and then left at 5:30. I did not sit down though until 3pm. Was a good session hit some good hands, nothing to spectacular. I had an open ended straight flush draw, almost got me a high hand and I had three K's, just one more would have got me a high hand, but I was not focused on them so much, I was focused on taking away a win. I ended up 170. I am hoping this is marks the end of my slump and can start making some upward momentum on my next few sessions.
Total for 17-19
Total Time - 15.5 hrs
Total In - 340
Total Out - 380
BR - $715
Monday, July 18, 2011
Session 15 and 16
SLUMP
HIt a bit of a slump, have not had time to post, I have played twice over the last few weeks. Session 15 was over a week ago and hit a real bad unlucky streak lost 200. Seemed like every good hand I got, where I was a favorite, I got runner runnered. Session 16 was a few nights ago, and I think I just played too long. I was very up and down, and should have left at a certain point but stayed and played becuase I was having so much fun and then things too a down turn. I ended up leaving down 40. I really need to focus the next few times I go out and make sure I leave when I am up.
Total time 8 hrs
Total In 300
Total Out 60
BR 675
HIt a bit of a slump, have not had time to post, I have played twice over the last few weeks. Session 15 was over a week ago and hit a real bad unlucky streak lost 200. Seemed like every good hand I got, where I was a favorite, I got runner runnered. Session 16 was a few nights ago, and I think I just played too long. I was very up and down, and should have left at a certain point but stayed and played becuase I was having so much fun and then things too a down turn. I ended up leaving down 40. I really need to focus the next few times I go out and make sure I leave when I am up.
Total time 8 hrs
Total In 300
Total Out 60
BR 675
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Goal Modification
Have had some things come up recently. Good things not bad, but have required me to spend a good portion of my BR. So, I have decided to modify my inital goal a little bit. Starting out with the larger bankroll I think provided me with some confidence to stick with a plan knowing I had money to cover varience. But now I really needed that money for other things, so am going to adjust my plan a little bit. The nice thing is that over 14 sessions I am up 915, so that is going to be my new bankroll. According to the standards I set this is obviously well below the mark recommended to play 4-8, but I am not going to lower my levels. I think I can still be successfull at this level with this amount, and think that 915 is enough to cover the varience I am seeing in this game. Time will tell, I could obviously hit a really bad unlucky streak, but think that my style of play normally minimizes my losses so still feel that is enough. I am going to stay with the 52 session mark for the end of my goal, but going to lower my BR goal down to 5600. 5600 is my ceiling for the 4-8 game so think this is a good mark to set. This will still be a hard mark to hit. (Session 10 did not help matters) But will try to keep focused on playing smart, but as long as I am in postive numbers instead of negative on my BR at the end of 52 I will be happy. It is also nice to think about playing with only winnings. have not had a chance to get out and play recently, may have an opportunity this weekend, but if not will be a few weeks before I start again playing more regularly.
BR-915
Time played to date 57 hrs.
BR-915
Time played to date 57 hrs.
Monday, June 27, 2011
Session 14
Session 14
Had to head back out to work this week, and had the red eye flight to VA. So was able to go to Hollywood Casino in West Virginina on Sunday. Last time I was there I decided to play in one of the bigger games with a small stack compared to the table. This time I decided to play in the 1-2 NL game and try playing a short stack. I only bought in for 100, and did not take long to lose that. I dont play much short stack, so did not really have my strategy down and made a bad mistake. I tried to bet someone off a hand and they made a good call. I had nothing and the flop was 77K and I lead out and bet, the turn was nothing too dangerous, and I went all in for my last 45, still trying to sell that I had a 7. He really thought about it and then called with his K. So, almost worked, but since I was short stacked a 45 bet was not enough to get him off his K. He made a good call but in the end that is not the kind of move you can make with a short stack. The second 100 I got drawn out on. I had been pretty patient and made a few calls that I had to fold pre-flop, and lost some to the fee you have to pay every 30 minutes there. They take a $6 fee every 30 minutes, but they dont take any rake or drop out of the pot. So was down a bit from my second 100. The pot was raised to 12 and decided to call with a suited A 5 in the BB. The flop was 9, 5, A. I was pretty sure that my two pair was good. I checked and not the person who raised me bet 30, there was one caller, so I pretty much had to go all-in with so much in already. The initial better called and the other folded. I was up against A-Q, to my two pair and the turn brought a Q. So there went the second 100. I decided to give it one more shot and glad I did, was able to turn that into 300 and break even for the day. Once I got even I decided to quit did not want to post a bigger than normal loss, and in NL I could lose it all in one hand.
In 300
Out 300
Time 4 hr
BR 3315
Had to head back out to work this week, and had the red eye flight to VA. So was able to go to Hollywood Casino in West Virginina on Sunday. Last time I was there I decided to play in one of the bigger games with a small stack compared to the table. This time I decided to play in the 1-2 NL game and try playing a short stack. I only bought in for 100, and did not take long to lose that. I dont play much short stack, so did not really have my strategy down and made a bad mistake. I tried to bet someone off a hand and they made a good call. I had nothing and the flop was 77K and I lead out and bet, the turn was nothing too dangerous, and I went all in for my last 45, still trying to sell that I had a 7. He really thought about it and then called with his K. So, almost worked, but since I was short stacked a 45 bet was not enough to get him off his K. He made a good call but in the end that is not the kind of move you can make with a short stack. The second 100 I got drawn out on. I had been pretty patient and made a few calls that I had to fold pre-flop, and lost some to the fee you have to pay every 30 minutes there. They take a $6 fee every 30 minutes, but they dont take any rake or drop out of the pot. So was down a bit from my second 100. The pot was raised to 12 and decided to call with a suited A 5 in the BB. The flop was 9, 5, A. I was pretty sure that my two pair was good. I checked and not the person who raised me bet 30, there was one caller, so I pretty much had to go all-in with so much in already. The initial better called and the other folded. I was up against A-Q, to my two pair and the turn brought a Q. So there went the second 100. I decided to give it one more shot and glad I did, was able to turn that into 300 and break even for the day. Once I got even I decided to quit did not want to post a bigger than normal loss, and in NL I could lose it all in one hand.
In 300
Out 300
Time 4 hr
BR 3315
Friday, June 24, 2011
Session 13
Session 13
Not the best session, but only lost 40 so not too bad. As long as I can keep my losses minimized I am pretty happy. I did have to re-load this time which does not happen too often so was happy to get 60 of that back. Played for about an hour 4 handed on the second table before the first game got down low enough to get us all into the game. So had to loosen up a little bit 4 handed and ended up a little down after that and when I got to the main game. Played in the main game for a little while and eventually lost my initial buy in. But hit some hands after I re loaded and got back up a little and then decided to call it quits.
This marks my 25% mark toward 52 sessions. Still below the goal, but session 10 and my bad play during that session, has hurt the numbers pretty good. My ave hourly rate is 17.26 per hr. I have a seperate spreadsheet that tracks all my stats by each game type. I have played for 53 hours and there are 2 games that I have played over 20 hours each in, 4-8K and 1-2 NL, and the hourly rate is 22 and 28 respectivly in those games.
In 200
Out 160
Hr. 4
BR 3315
Not the best session, but only lost 40 so not too bad. As long as I can keep my losses minimized I am pretty happy. I did have to re-load this time which does not happen too often so was happy to get 60 of that back. Played for about an hour 4 handed on the second table before the first game got down low enough to get us all into the game. So had to loosen up a little bit 4 handed and ended up a little down after that and when I got to the main game. Played in the main game for a little while and eventually lost my initial buy in. But hit some hands after I re loaded and got back up a little and then decided to call it quits.
This marks my 25% mark toward 52 sessions. Still below the goal, but session 10 and my bad play during that session, has hurt the numbers pretty good. My ave hourly rate is 17.26 per hr. I have a seperate spreadsheet that tracks all my stats by each game type. I have played for 53 hours and there are 2 games that I have played over 20 hours each in, 4-8K and 1-2 NL, and the hourly rate is 22 and 28 respectivly in those games.
In 200
Out 160
Hr. 4
BR 3315
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Session 12
Session 12
Yesterday was a pretty fun day. I decided to check out their tournement for fun. I used to play primarily tournements when I was not so good at the live game. I dont think I could estimate the number of tournements I have played, there was a time for a few years where I was playing 3 to 5 a week. I really liked their structure. The buy in was 60 and you get 7500 starting chips with 15 min rounds and the house adds 500. I played my normal patient tournement game, it was nice the third hand of the game, on the button I doubled up. I called with Q 10 suited and flopped the open-ended straight fush draw. It was bet and I called on the flop and turn. The river he bet I went all in and he called. I hit the straight on the river he flopped a set. About 30 min later I played QQ and won a pot, and then did not play another hand untill right before the final table with AJ suited. I flopped top 2 pair. He bet I raised all in he called with A 7 off. That left him with only 1500 and the next hand he pre-flop all in and I had KQ and he called. He had KJ. I sat down at the final table as just barely the chip leader with 35.5 K chips. There was only 2 tables plus some alternates so it only payed 3 spots, but we agreed to give 4-10 their money back. I could not catch a hand even worth looking at and it was not long before I was no longer the leader. I ended up in 4rth place for my money back. It was alot of fun though and nice to see that my tournement play has not gotten too sloppy.
I then played live. It was a pretty agressive table I watched one guy go through about 700 in the first 2 hours and then when I left he had about 400 in front, I had to loosen up a little becuase there was alot of action and when I was in position it made sense to call with alot of hands becuase if I hit the hand it was a big payout. But that caused me to go up and down alot. No hands too memorable, but I did end on a high note and cashed out 175.
In 100
Out 275
Time 3.75
BR 3355
Yesterday was a pretty fun day. I decided to check out their tournement for fun. I used to play primarily tournements when I was not so good at the live game. I dont think I could estimate the number of tournements I have played, there was a time for a few years where I was playing 3 to 5 a week. I really liked their structure. The buy in was 60 and you get 7500 starting chips with 15 min rounds and the house adds 500. I played my normal patient tournement game, it was nice the third hand of the game, on the button I doubled up. I called with Q 10 suited and flopped the open-ended straight fush draw. It was bet and I called on the flop and turn. The river he bet I went all in and he called. I hit the straight on the river he flopped a set. About 30 min later I played QQ and won a pot, and then did not play another hand untill right before the final table with AJ suited. I flopped top 2 pair. He bet I raised all in he called with A 7 off. That left him with only 1500 and the next hand he pre-flop all in and I had KQ and he called. He had KJ. I sat down at the final table as just barely the chip leader with 35.5 K chips. There was only 2 tables plus some alternates so it only payed 3 spots, but we agreed to give 4-10 their money back. I could not catch a hand even worth looking at and it was not long before I was no longer the leader. I ended up in 4rth place for my money back. It was alot of fun though and nice to see that my tournement play has not gotten too sloppy.
I then played live. It was a pretty agressive table I watched one guy go through about 700 in the first 2 hours and then when I left he had about 400 in front, I had to loosen up a little becuase there was alot of action and when I was in position it made sense to call with alot of hands becuase if I hit the hand it was a big payout. But that caused me to go up and down alot. No hands too memorable, but I did end on a high note and cashed out 175.
In 100
Out 275
Time 3.75
BR 3355
Monday, June 20, 2011
Session 11
Session 11
Not too exciting, I posted a small win. This was one of those nights where I won a lot of money right away in the first 30 minutes, and the sat there for the next 3 hours not hitting a hand or getting a bad beat. It is frustrating to win alot right away and be tempted to leave, but then I feel like I am doing a hit and run, and want to keep playing so stay and lose alot of that back. I lost with AA twice, once in a kill pot, to bleed down my chips, but a win is a win and I will take it. Hopefully can have a better showing the next time to help make back from my bad last session. Overall though I am happy with my play, hitting good hands for big pots right away, I quickly settled down and continued to play tight, unfortuately just got unlucky.
In 100
Out 150
Time 3.5 hrs
BR 3180
Not too exciting, I posted a small win. This was one of those nights where I won a lot of money right away in the first 30 minutes, and the sat there for the next 3 hours not hitting a hand or getting a bad beat. It is frustrating to win alot right away and be tempted to leave, but then I feel like I am doing a hit and run, and want to keep playing so stay and lose alot of that back. I lost with AA twice, once in a kill pot, to bleed down my chips, but a win is a win and I will take it. Hopefully can have a better showing the next time to help make back from my bad last session. Overall though I am happy with my play, hitting good hands for big pots right away, I quickly settled down and continued to play tight, unfortuately just got unlucky.
In 100
Out 150
Time 3.5 hrs
BR 3180
Sunday, June 12, 2011
Session 10
Session 10
This will be a good one for me to remember. I did everything wrong during this session. This will be a good post to re-read before I go and play to remind myself of all the wrong things I did. I got there at 11:00am and got on the list for 4-8, the game started at 11:30, and before we started all the old guys wanted to play 6-12 so I agreeded and bought in another 100 for a starting stack of 200. From here I just played bad. It was a combination I think of having 5 straight winning sessions, being excited about playing 6-12, and not wanting to stay too long, so I was trying to make things happen. It did not take too long for me to lose my initial buy in and then I re-loaded for another 200. That was another mistake mostly because I did not change the way I was playing at all, I continued to try to make things happen to the point where I was playing almost every hand. For some reason I also could not lay a hand down, which is unusual for me. Normally when I feel I am beat will throw the hand away, but for some reason I turned into a complete calling station, and was calling when I thought I was beat...just in case. I have never won doing that, and I was not hitting any hands. I am not so upset about losing, that will happen even if I am playing well. The main point is that I was not giving myself a chance to win, I lost my disicpline and my normal solid play. It was an expensive lesson, but worth it if I learn from it. The positive to take away is that I am still over 700 up, and as long as I dont repeat the way I was playing, even if I lose, I am still giving myself an opportunity to win, and over time I will see results.
In 400
Out 0
Time 3 hrs
BR 3130
This will be a good one for me to remember. I did everything wrong during this session. This will be a good post to re-read before I go and play to remind myself of all the wrong things I did. I got there at 11:00am and got on the list for 4-8, the game started at 11:30, and before we started all the old guys wanted to play 6-12 so I agreeded and bought in another 100 for a starting stack of 200. From here I just played bad. It was a combination I think of having 5 straight winning sessions, being excited about playing 6-12, and not wanting to stay too long, so I was trying to make things happen. It did not take too long for me to lose my initial buy in and then I re-loaded for another 200. That was another mistake mostly because I did not change the way I was playing at all, I continued to try to make things happen to the point where I was playing almost every hand. For some reason I also could not lay a hand down, which is unusual for me. Normally when I feel I am beat will throw the hand away, but for some reason I turned into a complete calling station, and was calling when I thought I was beat...just in case. I have never won doing that, and I was not hitting any hands. I am not so upset about losing, that will happen even if I am playing well. The main point is that I was not giving myself a chance to win, I lost my disicpline and my normal solid play. It was an expensive lesson, but worth it if I learn from it. The positive to take away is that I am still over 700 up, and as long as I dont repeat the way I was playing, even if I lose, I am still giving myself an opportunity to win, and over time I will see results.
In 400
Out 0
Time 3 hrs
BR 3130
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